Join Garden staff for a different nature-themed story reading each Friday in June and July starting at 10:30 a.m. Story times will be held in our shaded Carter/Sherry Families Tree Fort in the Children's Discovery Garden, or if inclement weather, in the Garden's Mabee Grange building. Parents must accompany children. Free with admission.

In July, we're having special guest readers!

July 6: Tulsa City County Library staff and the Bookmobile will visit and read a few stories: For Babies & Toddlers - The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Ten Little Caterpillars; For School Age Kids: Seed Magic and My Awesome Summer by P. MantisJuly 13: Author Mary Anne Lewis will read her book, Hayden's Moonbath, when a boy discovers the wonders of nature at night.July 20: Educator and author Cindi Hemm will share one of her favorite stories. Cindi is current superintendent of Avant Public Schools and former principal of Eugene Field Elementary in Tulsa Public Schools. Books she will read include: We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past, Miss Nelson is Missing, and A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher.July 27: Betty S. Casey, children's book author and illustrator and editor of TulsaKids magazine, will read her newest picture book, The Prince of the Prairie, about a little buffalo and the friendships he forms with other prairie animals.

The Garden is open Tuesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.- Thursdays only in June, July and August. Admission is FREE for Garden members; $8 for ages 13+, $4 for ages 3-12. Children 2 and under are free. Dogs are only allowed on specifically announced Dog Days/Nights. For more information call 918-289-0330. For directions to the Garden, click here.